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Monday, June 29, 2009

This is what I've been up to lately, making these delicate tissue flowers. The flowers will be glued onto contorted willow branches as part of a table centerpiece (providing all goes well). I'm really happy with the results, light, delicate & airy. Perfect for summer decorations.

Supplies:tissue paperscissorsstring - waxed dental floss works well

Layer four pieces of tissue paper together measuring at 2 1/4" by 3 1/2". Fold together using an accordion fold (refer to picture).

When you're finished with the accordion fold, it should look like the picture on the left. Pinch together and place on its side. It will now look like the picture on the right. Cut where yellow lines are shown, through all layers.

Your tissue flower should now look like the image on the left. With string, tie a loop around the center of the tissue where you made the slits. Now unfold tissue.

Pull the first layer up. Begin to peel all four layers apart (picture on right). Now peel all the layers from the other side. Done.

Very neat idea. When I was young, (a million years ago) we used to make them out of Kleenex, but they weren't near as nice. I like the tissue paper idea and the slits in the middle would really help them fluff out nicely. Thanks for sharing.

I made these tonight, only I used two colors of tissue paper (alternating) and tied them with one long strand of green yarn, effectively creating a flower garland. My girls loved it! Maybe you'll want to create a garland to go with your centerpiece? One tip, it helps to tie them on before you flare them out.

Love the idea! Anything small is fun...I wonder how it would work if you kept the width the same, but didn't cut down the length...fold as you say, and then when you have all the accordion folds done, cut into the smaller parts, thus making folds for 2-3 (or more?)at a time. Would this work or would it be too cumbersome?

Thank you for the tutorial. I and my bridesmaid made hundreds of these and then I used a straight pin with some glue on it and poked it into styrofoam balls. It took a while but the end result was awesome! They looked wonderful hanging over the dance floor at my wedding.

I just bought purple for my silver anniversary party in the fall. And we just made them for my Mom's silver anniversary party using silver and white.Thanks for the tip on slitting the middle! That will really help. I had all the tips but that one!

Thanks so much for the tutorial, those are absolutely lovely!I´ve started making a whole bunch for my wedding and I wonder if anyone has ideas as to how to store them till the big day, and more importantly, how to transport them without crushing everything into one big mess? :)Thanks in advance!